He announced his candidacy in District 5 which was left vacant by former councillor Marc Bureau who went on to defeat Yves Ducharme for the mayoral position during the same elections.
It was in 2005 that the project started to evolve faster as Marc Bureau, defeated Yves Ducharme for mayor of Gatineau in the municipal elections.
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Under former mayor Yves Ducharme, he was one of the members of the city's executive committee along with Jocelyne Houle, Louise Poirier and André Levac.